Chapter 1715

"The film starts with a series of steady drumbeats and ends with a big bang. It's exactly the same with the visual experience and spiritual baptism brought by the whole work. It presents the process of artistic exploration and breakthrough step by step in an orderly way, and finally achieves perfection in an unparalleled shock! "

Stephen Holden, a senior film critic of "variety" magazine, mentioned the beginning and end of the film and cut into the film review of "pop drummer" from a unique perspective.

Strictly speaking, the film critic is not interested in lenley. In the whole Hollywood craze, Stephen has always maintained a relatively objective perspective. Despite his praise and performance, he refused to push Lan Li to the altar, which is also the overall concept orientation of "variety" magazine; But last year, a "drunken folk song" made the "variety show" give a high praise to Lan Li, and let people see their insistence on film and art.

This time, Stephen is full of praise for his "pop drummer".

"The control and advancement of rhythm is undoubtedly the core of the whole movie. From the most direct drum beat, to the composition of the picture and light, to the connection and turning of the editing, and finally to the psychological change of the characters, Damien chazele's use of jazz has reached the perfect level, and has penetrated into the whole work layer upon layer, This makes the camera screen reveal a sense of music flow rhythm, and bring wonderful viewing experience in all aspects.

It's not too much to praise the "pop drummer" in any conventional way. The control of rhythm and power has reached the master level. The gorgeous editing with golden age retro style, the interaction between plot and music, rhythm and rhythm is undoubtedly the most brilliant and unique part of the whole work.

The Intertextuality between the beginning and the end, the rhythm throughout, also makes the uniqueness of "pop drummer" to carry forward.

With a story of exploring art and realizing breakthrough, chazelei discusses the choice of an art path: whether to choose to become an art master who died young and betrayed his relatives, or an ordinary person who enjoyed his old age but no one knew? The film gives the answer through Andrew's story, but also reflects on the three core creators, breaking the shackles of the dimensional wall and interpreting another layer of deep meaning in real life.

This has also become another layer of reflection after watching the film, and also points out the soul of the whole film: the actor.

Jazz art in movies and performance art in real life have many similarities in the process of self exploration and self breakthrough. It can even be said that they share the same goal by different paths. This also makes a process of mutual echo and mutual influence between movie characters and real actors, quietly breaking the virtual barriers established by the big screen, Let the audience experience the shock and baptism of artistic sublimation, the interweaving of the true and false, the false and the real, which brings an unprecedented experience of watching the film.

In 2010, a "black swan" let the audience feel the pain and suffering caused by the artistic transformation. The struggle of almost split personality created a strong psychological horror. Darren Aronofsky's atmosphere control gave the film a unique texture; But on the whole, Aronofsky chose to settle down in the psychological level, interpreting the confrontation and entanglement of ego, ID and superego into a unique and wonderful texture, but also weakening the struggle of artistic breakthrough and artistic creation.

This time, among the "pop drummers", chazelei focused his attention on the collision and breakthrough in the shackles of art, extending from the shelf drum to the performance. Through the tension of the two actors, he created a unique thinking space which is incomparable and difficult to copy, so that the audience can be deep and direct We can truly feel the tearing and pain in the process of artistic breakthrough, and then we can truly feel the tension and weight of the soul in the process of artistic creation.

Although the directors and actors of the two works are excellent, the brilliance and vividness of "black swan" fall more on the director; The thickness and weight of the "pop drummer" shine more in the position of the actor. It also gives the audience a chance to see the two actors, Lanley hall and JK Simmons, shooting each other on the big screen. "

Objectively speaking, the story and core of "pop drummer" is not complicated, and the extension worth exploring and studying is far less than the lingering charm created by "gravity" and "drunken folk"; It's not the thinness of the script, but the purity of its connotation——

About the barriers and struggles of artistic creation, about the difficulties and persistence of artistic persistence, about the pain and confusion of artistic dreams... For most audiences, to know is to know; Don't understand is don't understand, the lip is broken also in vain.

It can be imagined that after the release of "pop drummer", many audiences will be unable to understand Fletcher's choice and Andrew's obsession, which is enough to cause a strong sense of moral discomfort. They can find a thousand and ten thousand reasons to criticize Fletcher and Andrew. The so-called crazy moments are just disgusting moments, It's like "parents" in movies.

People will say that education should be "spring breeze turns rain", Fletcher is a madman; People will say that life is always "countless choices", Andrew is asking for trouble; People will say that such an experience is inhuman and unnecessary. Fletcher and Andrew are psychopaths devoid of humanity.

But "people" do not understand the tragic and sad beauty of moths flying to the fire.

In a way, this is similar to "drunken folk". On the red carpet of the premiere, Lan Li once answered the reporter's questions. He said that "drunken folk" is a story about persistence, while "pop drummer" is a story about breakthrough. But in the final analysis, both works are about art.

The difference is that "drunken folk songs" are mild, immersed in their own world and mumbling to themselves, which is destined to be more acceptable to the masses; And the "pop drummer" is fierce. It shows the blood in a rough and straightforward way. Now we can see the bipolar reaction of the audience.

So back to the sentence, "do not understand is not understand, understand is understand".

Because of this, Stephen did not analyze the ideological connotation of the film too much, but discussed it from the technical level, and affirmed Damien chazere's talent from all aspects. Although this is Damien's second work, his ability and ideas have formed his own style, which is a very rare talent for the director.

In addition, Stephen also focused his comments on the performance.

"JK Simmons, the audience's impression of the actor seems to stay on top of the editor in chief of the magazine that paid Peter Parker's contribution in spider man, but obviously his ability and energy are far less than a small supporting role of gag. Playing Fletcher in the pop drummer, his performance is light and soft, The calmness and calmness revealed in the camera scheduling can remind people of Professor Hannibal in some moments, but he is more plain and low-key. He looks like an ordinary man who can be knocked down.

This amiable image makes Fletcher more real, more human, and closer to the audience.

Simmons's performance keenly captures the reality of this kind of human nature, not much but enough, enough to use these soft and fragile parts to set off the wild beast like fury and ferocity. The bloody cruelty revealed by those eyes creates a powerful impact of Tyrannosaurus Rex, which controls the floating of all mole ants under the sole of its feet, And then bring the audience deep fear, but at the same time will not lose the sense of reality.

This is one of the most powerful and shocking characters on the big screen in the past two years. Simmons has given a performance with the highest level of completion and brilliance, which has given Fletcher an incredible screen charm and sparked infinite sparks with the incident, the kernel and the opponent. Now it can be affirmed, This is bound to be one of the best performances of 2014.

’"The silent lamb" has derived the classic image of Professor Hannibal, which has been on the screen for more than 20 years. Simmons' performance is comparable to that of Anthony Hopkins, but there are essential differences between the two roles.

Professor Hannibal seems to be an invincible screen image, while Fletcher's screen image seems to be able to surpass or defeat. This sense of reality creates a different dramatic tension in the rival plays of the two characters in the film, which lays a sufficient foundation for the transition of the whole film and breaks out in the last play.

There is no doubt that the opposite play between Simmons and hall is the highlight of the whole film. I can't help but think of the opposite play between "stealing the line of fire" rial Pacino and Robert De Niro. Of course, this is not a correct horizontal comparison, but the momentum between the two actors is really wonderful!

Simmons's extraordinary performance, with the help of a specific role, blooms out the glamour, and almost every audience can't leave Fletcher.

In those years, Anthony Hopkins only appeared for 16 minutes in the "silent lamb", but his performance was comparable to that of Judy foster; Now, among the "pop drummers", JK Simmons plays throughout, almost as the leading actor, which makes his performance take away all the attention.

This is the innate advantage of the role, but also the perfect play of the actor.

However, the whole film did not degenerate into Simmons' personal show. It was thanks to the excellent performance of another actor that gave new vitality to the weak characters. The dramatic tension of the duet was completely burst out, so that every audience could really understand the charm of the opponent's play, and then the core and soul of the whole film were sublimated, All the focus is still on the actor.

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